• Nominations for the 2018-19 CALL Executive Board

    The CALL Nominations and Elections Committee is seeking nominations for the following Executive Board positions for 2018-2019: Vice-President/President-Elect (three year term) Treasurer (two year term) Director (two year term) The CALL Handbook provides a description of each Executive Board position. Successful candidates will take office at the end of the May 2018 CALL Business Meeting.…

  • Archives Committee Annual Report

    At the May 2017 CALL Business meeting, CALL celebrated its 70th Anniversary. The Archives Committee assisted the anniversary committee with information about CALL and photos for display at the May meeting. In addition to supplying this information, there were also some inquiries for archival materials and an in-person visit.

  • Bylaws Committee Annual Report

    No revisions or amendments were proposed or adopted to the Chicago Association of Law Libraries Bylaws in 2016-2017. The Chair confirmed with the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Bylaws Committee Chair that no AALL Bylaws amendments or revisions have been proposed or adopted which would require CALL Bylaws harmonization. Submitted, Gretchen Van Dam Chair

  • CALL Bulletin Committee Annual Report

    The 2016-17 Bulletin Committee consisted of co-editors Juanita Harrell, Philip Johnson, and Scott Vanderlin and committee members Emily Barney, Susan Berg, Tami Carson, Debbie Ginsberg, Annie Mentkowski, Stacia Stein, and Clanitra Stewart Nejdl. Our board liaison was Lindsey Carpino. After our November Business Meeting, Susan and Tami volunteered to join the committee in order to…

  • Community Service Annual Report

    Co-Chairs:  Robert Martin and Julie Swanson Members:  Lucy Robbins Board Liaison:  Lindsey Carpino The following items and money were collected at each meeting:

  • Continuing Education Committee Annual Report

    During the 2016-2017 year, the CALL Continuing Education Committee, co-chaired by Carolyn Hersch and Jesse Bowman, organized and hosted two events, “Switching Library Settings: A CALL Continuing Education and Mentorship Collaboration” and “E-Discovery Webinar.”  Details of these events were as follows:

  • Corporate Memory Committee Annual Report

    The 2016-2017 Corporate Committee was comprised of Betty Roeske (Chair), Judy Gaskell, Diana Koppang, Heidi Kuehl, Christine Morong, and Susan Siebers.  The Committee was inactive this year because documents were not available for us to review. I would like to thank the Committee members for volunteering for the Committee.

  • Government Relations Committee Annual Report

    Membership Joe Mitzenmacher, Committee Chair Eugene Giudice Sally Holterhoff Dave Rogers Konya Lafferty, Board Liaison Objectives The main charge of the Committee is to monitor issues of interest to the law library community and report on those issues to the membership. The Committee’s projects for 2016-17 were to update CALL’s “Finding Illinois Law Guide,” to…

  • Grants and Chapter Awards Committee Annual Report

    The 2016-2017 Grants and Chapter Awards Committee was charged with selecting grant recipients based on established criteria for CALL members to attend professional meetings as well as selecting recipients of the chapter awards. The Committee started the year by reviewing the CALL Grants Application for any ambiguity and modified the language in order to ensure…

  • Meetings Committee Annual Report

    The 2016-17 Meetings Committee was Eugene Giudice (co-chair), Carolyn Hersch (co-chair), Robert Martin, Sheri Lewis, Tamara Carson, and Todd Hillmer. Clare Willis was its board liaison.